Friday, December 23, 2011

FREE JITTERBUG SWING CLUB, Sunday, January 15th!

PATTIE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY at JBC Club (FREE)!

Sunday, January 15th, 7 PM to 10 PM at the Jitterbug Swing Dance Club.

Pattie is inviting the dance community to a FREE birthday Jitterbug Swing Dance Club party on Sunday, January 15th from 7-10 PM with finger food, beverages, wine, cookies and cake (no presents please).


Upstairs: Fabulous Jitterbug Swing dance  music plus 1/3rd mix of social dances like hustle, swing, NC 2 steps, salsa and more.

Downstairs: West Coast swing dancing all evening!

Admission: FREE

The best place to be on Sunday, January 15th, 2012!

Sunday, December 18, 2011

UPCOMING DANCE EVENTS DECEMBER 2011!

DANCETIME'S NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION
Saturday, December 31st, 8 PM-12:30 AM, $10

Join Dancetime hosts Pattie Wells, David Nguyen and the Dancetime teachers, staff, friends and dance community for a grand celebration on New Year’s Eve with a spread of light food, refreshments and a great dance music mix from 8-12:30 AM upstairs.



Anyone who would like to help out and earn FREE admission plus 3 complimentary party admissions for any dance party at Dancetime in 2012, please contact Pattie: dancetime@gmail.com or 619-275-3533.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

A DANCING HOLIDAY SEASON FOR 2012!

"SWING THROUGH THE AGES"

Workshop with Joel Plys is Sunday, December 18th, 5:30 PM-7:00 PM
Joel Plys will teach a great 1950's Swing Era Dance Workshop in Jitterbug and the Madison plus he will do a dance performance with his swing dance friends at Dancetime's Jitterbug Swing Dance Club Sunday. Come by to learn to dance the Madision and add to your jitterbug! Admission: $20 workshop & dance party, $15 workshop only, $8 dance party only.


A Jitterbug routine performed in 1988, choreography by Pattie Wells.




DANCETIME'S NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION
Saturday, December 31st, 8 PM-12:30 AM, $10

Join Dancetime hosts Pattie Wells, David Nguyen and the Dancetime teachers, staff, friends and dance community for a grand celebration on New Year’s Eve with a spread of light food, refreshments and a great dance music mix from 8-12:30 AM upstairs.



Anyone who would like to help out and earn FREE admission plus 3 complimentary party admissions for any dance party at Dancetime in 2012, please contact Pattie: dancetime@gmail.com or 619-275-3533.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

UPCOMING HOLIDAY EVENTS Nov/Dec 2011!


CHARITY BALL & SHOWCASE 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011

Dancetime's "Charity Ball & Showcase" is Saturday, December 3rd, 7:30-11 PM with host Pattie Wells, deejays Dan Gibbons and David Nguyen, and the Dancetime teachers, staff & friends. A percentage of the proceeds will be donated to a San Diego charity. Join us for dancing to great music, light food, refreshments and an impressive showcase of dancing incluing amateur, Pro-Am and professional dance routines. Dress is casual elegance holiday attire, we invite you to bring a canned or wrapped unopened food item to donate to the food drive to enter our spectacular drawings for prizes including party passes, dance courses and private lessons.

Check out this Foxtrot & Hustle performance by Brandon Detty and Ingrid Valdna at our Video Gallery!




"SWING THROUGH THE AGES"
Workshop with Joel Plys is Sunday, December 4th, 5:30 PM-7:00 PM
Joel Plys will teach a great 1940's Swing Era Dance Workshop in Lindy Hop and Charleston and do a dance performance with his swing dance friends at Dancetime's Jitterbug Swing Dance Club Sunday. Come by to learn to dance the Lindy & Charleston! Admission: $20 workshop & dance party, $15 workshop only, $8 dance party only.

Upcoming Joel Plys' 1950's Jitterbug & The Madison, December 18, 2011!




DANCETIME'S NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION
Saturday, December 31st, 8 PM-12:30 AM, $10

Join Dancetime hosts Pattie Wells, David Nguyen and the Dancetime teachers, staff, friends and dance community for a grand celebration on New Year’s Eve with a spread of light food, refreshments and a great dance music mix from 8-12:30 AM upstairs.



Anyone who would like to help out and earn FREE admission plus 3 complimentary party admissions for any dance party at Dancetime in 2012, please contact Pattie: dancetime@gmail.com or 619-275-3533.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

UPCOMING EVENTS NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 2011!

Joel Plys' "SWING THROUGH THE AGES" Workshop
      Sunday, November 13th, 5:30 PM-7:00 PM
Joel Plys will teach a great 1930's Swing Era Dance Workshop in Balboa and Collegiate Shag and do a dance performance with his swing dance friends at Dancetime's Jitterbug Swing Dance Club Sunday. Come by to learn to dance the Balboa & Shag! Admission: $20 workshop & dance party, $15 workshop only, $8 dance party only.

Upcoming Workshops with Joel Plys:
1940's Lindy Hop & Lindy Charleston Sunday, December 4th
1950's Jitterbug & The Madison, December 18th.




CHARITY BALL & SHOWCASE 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011

Join us in a celebration this holiday season  at our Charity Ball & Showcase extraordinaire on Saturday, December 3rd, 7-11 PM with host Pattie Wells and the Dancetime teachers. Part of the proceeds will be donated to our favorite charity. There will be lots of great dance music, decoration, light food, refreshments and a fabulous showcase of dancing both amateur and professional. Dress to impress holiday attire, we invite you to bring a canned or wrapped unopened food item to donate to the food drive to enter our spectacular drawings for prizes including party passes, dance courses and private lessons.  

Check out this cool American Waltz exhibition from our Video Gallery!




Jim Desmond and Sally Olgivie performing an American Waltz.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

DANCE EVENTS IN OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 2011

HALLOWEEN WEST COAST SWING
Saturday, October 29th, 8 PM
Our Halloween West Coast swing dance party is Saturday, October 29th! Wear a mask or costume to enter our costume contest,door prizes and drawings that evening. We start with a warm up West Coast swing dance lesson followed by lots of great West Coast swing dance music until 10:30 PM (or later) plus refreshments, cookies, candy, pizza and the friendliest dance community in SoCal! Join all the swingin' ghosts & goblins at our haunted West Coast swing Saturday dance party, $8, $4 fulltime students.

Check out our West Coast swing dance parties every 1st &3rd Wednesdays and 2nd Saturday (also 5th Saturdays). This video was taken at Dancetime's showcase 2008. David Nguyen and Jane Hance performing a West Coast swing!


HALLOWEEN JITTERBUG & SWING DANCE CLUB PARTY 
Sunday, October 30th, 7 PM
Wear your masks and/or costumes to our Halloween Swing Jitterbug Dance Club party Sunday, October 30th. We will have our usual just for fun costume contest plus refreshments, cookies and lots of ghouls and goblins swing dancing!


Joel Plys' "SWING THROUGH THE AGES" Workshop
Sunday, November 13th, 5:30 PM
Joel Plys will teach a great 1930's Swing Era Dance Workshop in Balboa and Collegiate Shag and do a dance performance with his swing dance friends at Dancetime's Jitterbug Swing Dance Club Sunday. Come by to learn to dance the Balboa & Shag! Admission: $20 workshop & dance party, $15 workshop only, $8 dance party only.

Upcoming Swing Through the Ages Workshops by Joel Plys:
1940's Lindy Hop & Lindy Charleston Sunday, December 4th
1950's Jitterbug & The Madison, Sunday, December 18th!



Wednesday, September 28, 2011

New DANCE CLASSES SAN DIEGO START OCTOBER 10, 2011!

The Pattie Wells dance studio offers the best dance classes in San Diego! If you are ready to start dancing we recommend our 101 & Intro dance classes which are designed for beginners. Check out the October 2011 dance schedule here: Dance Class Schedule

We recommend starting with Ballroom dance classes, Swing dance classes and/or Salsa dance classes. We also have beginner dance classes in Argentine tango and West Coast swing. In collaboration with dance professionals, competitors and judges, we have created our unique Core Elements Training program, which uses conceptual methods of instruction rather than rote memorization. This NEW system of dance instruction was created at the Pattie Wells' Dancetime Center!

We offer the best prices for BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES in San Diego county. Come in any evening and check out our group dance classes, private dance lessons, wedding dance lessons and dance parties.
BALLROOM DANCE CLASS Schedule:
Tuesdays: American cha cha, waltz, tango classes
Fridays: Ballroom & Latin dance 101 and Ballroom Basics & Beyond
More info on Ballroom dancing!

The Dancetime Center is the premier dance studio for SWING DANCE CLASSES in San Diego with swing dance classes on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays as follows:
SWING DANCE CLASS Schedule:
Wednesdays: Swing dance classes (Jitterbug) 6-10PM
Thursdays:  West Coast swing dance classes 6-9 PM
Friday West Coast swing 101 for newcomers 6-7 PM. 
Saturday West Coast swing (elements & figures) 12-1 PM
Dancetime's Jitterbug Swing Dance Club meets every Sunday from 7-9:30 PM.

Check out our West Coast swing video clip from our West Coast swing Wednesday parties in July 2011. 


The Dancetime Center offers the finest SALSA LESSONS in San Diego, California every Friday evening from 6-9 PM with Latin, Salsa dance pros Jose Bello, David Nguyen and Stephanie Swain. We are one of the original Salsa dance studios offering salsa dance lessons for over a decade. Our Salsa instructors have taught in the best Salsa dance clubs in San Diego. Check out our Salsa classes every Friday night! Here is a salsa dance demo with instuctors Jose and Yvonne Bello.